DEPARTMENT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a specialized sphere of knowledge
   Usage Example(s)
   • baking is not my department
   • his work established a new department of literature
   Hypernyms(s) department is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sector (what does sector mean?)
   • sphere (what does sphere mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a specialized division of a large organization
   Synonym(s)
   • section (what does section mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • you”ll find it in the hardware department
   • she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury
   Hypernyms(s) department is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • division (what does division mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • academic department (what does academic department mean?)
   • business department (what does business department mean?)
   • personnel department (what does personnel department mean?)
   • personnel office (what does personnel office mean?)
   • personnel (what does personnel mean?)
   • staff office (what does staff office mean?)
   • government department (what does government department mean?)
   • payroll (what does payroll mean?)
   • payroll department (what does payroll department mean?)
   • security (what does security mean?)
   • security department (what does security department mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
   Hypernyms(s) department is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • administrative district (what does administrative district mean?)
   • administrative division (what does administrative division mean?)
   • territorial division (what does territorial division mean?)